The implosion of the Titan is reminiscent of other submarine tragedies

The predictable implosion of the bathyscaphe “Titan”, which disappeared last Sunday with five people on board trying to reach the remains of the Titanic, confirms a new undersea tragedy.

The US Coast Guard reported this Thursday the death of five people in a submarine after the remains of the submarine were found near the area where the transatlantic “Titanic” is located.

This is a relationship fatal accidents in submarines which have had consequences in the last two decades:

– On August 12, 2000, the nuclear submarine “Kursk”, which is considered a jewel Russian Northern Fleet, suffered technical failures during naval maneuvers and sank at rest at the bottom of the Arctic with 118 crew members on board. They all perished. According to the investigation, the accident occurred due to an explosion due to unknown causes of one of the torpedoes it was transporting.

– May 2, 2003 one of the worst Chinese maritime disasters. The crew members of 70 died after a mechanical accident of the “submarine 316” in the waters of that country, near the Neichangshan Islands. – On November 8, 2008, at least 20 dead and twenty more injured were the toll of another fatal accident involving a Russian submarine, the “K-152 Nerpa”, due to human error during its navigation tests, before it was leased to the Indian Army under the name “ Ins Chakra”.

– On August 18, 2013, 18 sailors were killed in explosion happened in the Indian submarine, “INS Sindhurakshak”. In December 2014, the court in maritime science he came to the preliminary conclusion that the tragedy was caused by human error as a result of crew fatigue.

– On November 15, 2017, contact was lost with the Argentine Navy submarine “ARA San Juan”, with 44 crew members on board, some 240 miles (430 kilometers) offshore Valdés Peninsula (Chubut, Argentina). On the 18th, 7 satellite calls were detected from the submarine without making contact with the various bases. The remains were located just one year after they sank at a depth of 907 meters and 500 kilometers off the coast of Argentina.

– On April 21, 2021, 53 crew members of the Indonesian submarine, “KRI Nanggala-402”, lost their lives after a problem occurred inside the ship during a maneuver between the islands of Bali and Java. Three days later it was officially considered sunk and was found broken into three parts at 850 meters deep.

– On June 19, 2023, a small submarine was reported missing “Titan”, by OceanGate Expeditions, which was used to transport tourists to see the remains of the Titanic. There were four tourists and a pilot boat on that excursion. The rescue of people who died after the discovery of “debris” from the ship near the ocean liner’s resting place ended on Thursday. The investigation remains open.